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Dec 11, 2006 -- Sen. John McCain called Israel a “great democracy” and proclaimed that the United States “will defeat terrorism against America, and we will stand with Israel as she fights the same enemy,” in his address at Yeshiva University’s 82nd Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Dec. 10…

Dec 6, 2006 -- “Is Early Childhood Too Early for Hebrew?” This was the question posed by Tani Foger, EdD, a 2006 graduate of Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and a school psychologist, at the inaugural colloquium of the new Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Division of Doctoral…

Dec 4, 2006 -- “Organizing an international conference is a big, big thing,” said Gabriel Cwilich, PhD, associate professor of physics at Yeshiva College, before leaving in early December for the Pan-American Scientific Institute in Mar del Plata, Argentina, which he and YC physics professors Fredy…

Dec 4, 2006 -- Dr. Cynthia M. Friend, T.W. Richards Professor of Chemistry, professor of materials science, and chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, presented the 16th Ira Kukin Chemistry Lecture, "The Wonderful World of Surfaces," at Yeshiva University…

Dec 2, 2005 -- Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University and Senior Scholar at YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), addressed YU alumni, students and educators during his recent visit to Israel. Audiences in Ramat Bet Shemesh,…

Nov 20, 2006 -- Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have received a $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study tumor “microenvironments” — where tumors interact with surrounding tissues, cells and chemicals in ways that all too often ...

Nov 16, 2006 -- Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) is working with the American Jewish World Service to send 15 students to Central America in January for the university’s second humanitarian mission. The YU delegation will travel to Guatemala from January 7-14 to help them…

Nov 14, 2006 -- If you build it, they will come. Yeshiva University students built, designed, and programmed the “Hollywood Jewpardy” booth at the UJC General Assembly (GA) held in Los Angeles, Nov. 12-14. For photos from the GA click here. Delegates thronged to the YU booth. Fifty-five YU students…

Nov 13, 2006 -- Calling the 2006 election “a good humbling experience to learn from,” US Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, told 200 Yeshiva University students Nov. 8 that the loss of Republican control of the House of Representatives will be a “chance for us to get back to the basics.” “We will have…

Nov 9, 2006 -- Yeshiva University in Israel is offering a special showing of “Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik,” for YU students, alumni, and friends. Two showings of the 2005 movie are scheduled: one in Jerusalem at the Begin Center Auditorium on Sunday Nov…